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Author: Ann Ewbank

Dr. Ann Dutton Ewbank is an Associate Professor in the College of Education, Health & Human Development at Montana State University where she also serves as Director of Accreditation & Operations, and Program Director for Library Media. Previously, Ann was a high school and middle school social studies and language arts teacher, and a middle school and academic librarian. She also has taught teacher education courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. Ann's primary research focuses on school library advocacy. Her work has been published in School Library Research, School Libraries Worldwide, Knowledge Quest, Teacher-Librarian, School Library Media Activities Monthly, The Journal of Research on Technology in Education and Phi Delta Kappan. Also a past-president of the Arizona Library Association, Ann was named one of Library Journal's "Movers and Shakers" of 2009.

I moved to Montana three years ago when I accepted a position as director of Montana State University’s School Library Media preparation program. Like any good librarian, the very first thing I did when I moved to Bozeman was obtain my library card. And like any good library advocate, the…

Guest post by the Chair of the Committee on Legislation, Dr. Ann Dutton Ewbank. ALA’s Washington Office has, for the past 70+ years, been the voice of libraries in the nation’s capital. That voice — your voice — has had a significant positive impact on laws, policies and attitudes that…